Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 176 Leak?

After reading the printing of the test papers, etc., in the afternoon, I continued to walk around the various venues that will be used as the examination room with Qian Yongren and Tao An. The other two were busy on their own. A yard on the hillside of Hongshan.

A large area here has been marked out by Zhu Yuan, planning to build various laboratories.

Involves physics, chemistry and so on.

The relatively remote corner is also for the need of confidentiality. This is the plan agreed with Lao Zhu before. For example, students majoring in chemistry must choose carefully and formulate strict confidentiality rules.

In Zhu Yuan's view, various technologies at this stage are actually very primitive.

However, this is done in order to establish rules in advance and establish the idea of ​​technological secrecy.

Regarding the issue of rules, Zhu Yuan discussed with Lao Zhu in private, because of the "Book of Heaven", this time, Lao Zhu does not want his children and grandchildren to abide by the rules so rigidly in the future.

Of course, Zhu Yuan's attitude is also the same, and he even suggested that Lao Zhu write "flowing water will not rot, and household hinges will not beetle" in the ancestral precepts.

If there is still the ancestral teaching this time.

It's just that some rules cannot be rigid, and some rules must be fixed.

For example, taxation by the whole people.

On this point, Lao Zhu has already stated that in the future, even the royal family must pay taxes.

This involves national capital.

However, on the other hand, while all the people must pay taxes, the tax rate should not be too rigid. When it needs to be raised, it should be raised, and when it needs to be reduced or even exempted, of course it must be exempted.

As for the medium scale, the future national fiscal situation and economic growth data are used as references.

Generally speaking, it takes a long time to explore and finally set up a relatively complete system.

However, there are some fundamental references in it. The premise of everything is still Zhu Yuan's "economics", or the two aspects of "production" and "distribution".

This time, Zhu Yuan will also clarify some things in advance. For example, in the future, all economic theories that violate the principles of "production" and "distribution" in "Economic Sciences" need to be strictly vigilant, or even banned.

Because Zhu Yuan is very clear about the meaning behind many simple or complex economic theories in previous lives.

For example, the free market.

The one who was once praised to the sky, and later gradually proved that it seems... not quite right.

Those who really obey are either being fooled, or pretending to be fooled by internal and external cooperation, and they are all reaped in the end.

There is no 'freedom' in the normal 'market'.

From the analysis of Zhu Yuan's personal "economics", the corresponding theory may play a role in stimulating "production" in the early stage of the development of a "market", but once it enters the mature stage, it is too free and forms a monopoly. It will inevitably restrain 'production' in turn, because too strong productivity will impact profits, and only by maintaining a certain output can profits be maximized.

On the other hand, it will inevitably lead to an increasingly extreme "distribution" imbalance, which is another word, the polarization between the rich and the poor.

As a businessman, Zhu Yuan absolutely welcomes this.

Of course, the more freedom the better.

Even if the 'freedom' collapses in the end, as the top of the pyramid, it basically belongs to the citizens of the world, just change to a 'boat'.

This time, the position is different, and the direction of thinking is of course also different.

Born as a businessman, Zhu Yuan would not be opposed to business, and has some sympathy for businessmen in this era, but after all, it is a certain degree of opposition. From the perspective of national interests, some things should be avoided as much as possible.

In short, all kinds of rules, whether dead or alive, will have certain fundamental references in them.

A gentleman should focus on the foundation, and the foundation is established and the Tao is born.

The yard on the hillside.

This time, we will mainly look at the chemistry laboratory that has been redecorating recently.

Zhu Yuan wanted to set up a chemical laboratory in his home before, but he thought about it. On the one hand, houses in this era use too much wood, which is easy to burn. On the other hand, there are too many poisonous chemicals. , if you pollute your own home or even the surrounding back lake, that would be bad.

So keep it here.

The demarcated chemical laboratory is a north-south rectangle with a size of nearly one acre. There are five main rooms on the west side facing the east, three rooms on each side, and two rows of east rooms used as storage rooms or changing rooms. .

The five-room main house is two rooms deep, with a total area of ​​about 200 square meters in familiar units of measurement.

The craftsmen had just done the fire prevention treatment specified by Zhu Yuan on the inside of the house, mainly the top, where the exposed beams and columns were now made into a fireproof ceiling.

Various experimental vessels have also been moved in.

Many of them were used by Zhu Yuan himself before, such as a set of glassware used to distill alcohol, and so on.

After looking at it roughly, and pointing out some details that need to be improved on the spot, the time came in the evening.

After leaving the courtyard gate, the sedan chair that he was the only one in this campus was parked outside. He stepped into it and summoned a certain sack to come in, and then ordered the outsiders to set off and return to the mansion on the back lake.

The sedan chair was lifted, and Zhu Yuan pulled up the sack girl who was habitually kneeling at her feet, held her in his arms, and asked with a smile, "Is it boring to always follow me like this?"

Lin Xiaoyu hugged the head of his little official, pressed it against his chest, and shook his head gently.

How can it be boring?
There are... so many older sisters at home, I don't know how envious she is that she can always be by his side.

She was just uneasy.

I was worried that a girl like me would always follow him like this, and my petty official would be gossiped.

Originally wanted to say a few more words, but was sealed by the girl, so Zhu Yuan stopped talking.

Arriving at the northern side of Houhu Lake, there are boats waiting here, Lin Xiaoyu's father and elder brother are punting the boats, a certain girl is not a mute, but she is used to being a mute by her side, Zhu Yuan boarded the boat, and turned to Lin's father , say a few more words.

After all, Lin Xiaoyu saved her own life. Back then in Dinghai, anyway...Zhu Yuan didn't mind supporting the Lin family.

Lin's father became more and more trembling in front of Zhu Yuan, and he was very satisfied with his current life. Speaking of which, he hoped that his grandchildren could go to school and have a bright future in the future.

He also said that if you are too high to dare to climb, you can go to the primary school attached to the medical school.

This is a trivial matter, Zhu Yuan directly agreed.

When I got home, the day's work was not over yet. He Xuan greeted him and said that the craftsman Zhu Yuan had ordered to look for had arrived and was waiting in the front yard.

So he took the shoulder car to a parlor in the front yard.

Still about the steam engine.

These days, Zhu Yuan is already asking craftsmen to make various parts of the steam engine. For the convenience of shaping, they will all be made of copper for the time being.

Gradually, the problem was discovered.

Zhu Yuan planned to build a steam engine with a relatively large size, probably a boiler with a diameter of three feet and a cylinder with a diameter of one foot. He planned to achieve the simplest hammer effect of a steam engine.

Used to forge iron.

The key is the cylinder. The initial casting is very easy. However, because there are no lathes, milling machines and other equipment in this era, various parts require high precision and can only be polished manually.

Zhu Yuan asked the craftsmen to make many sets at once.

Just make one.

Now the situation is that they are all being polished a little bit.

Speaking of which, there are lathes used to make bearings along the Yangtze River, but it is not cost-effective to modify the water conservancy lathes that are continuously operating there for a set of samples.

Since there is no shortage of people, let's grind.

However, after grinding, the craftsmen didn't feel anything, Zhu Yuan was a little anxious.

Also regret it.

If I knew it earlier, the design size should be smaller.

Steam engines can be miniaturized.

It can be as small as it needs to be.

Just like once, there seems to be a Gatling model... well, the Gatling seems to be a machine gun, anyway, it should be something added, although it doesn't seem to be a steam engine model, but, in short, it can be made small.

In the past, steam engines tended to be large-scale, or even gigantic. The main reason was that steam engines required a large amount of water and fuel to be prepared at all times.Just like a steam train, if the boiler is too small, it will be too much trouble to add water every few tens of miles.

Also, steam engines are too inefficient compared to internal combustion engines.

When the small internal combustion engine appeared almost every time, the miniaturized steam engine was gradually eliminated, and the large steam boiler has actually been used all the time.

Now that he thought about making a large steam engine slowly, Zhu Yuan planned to make a super small steam model at the same time.

This requires craftsmen.

I ordered it down yesterday, and the general request is for a craftsman who can make some exquisite metal devices, and the person will arrive today.

Come to the front hall, there are six people waiting here.

Zhu Yuan sat down at the main seat, and after seeing the ceremony, he simply asked, among these people, some made bird guns, some made bronze mirrors, and some came from the bearing workshop. After asking, one of them attracted Zhu Yuan's attention.

This is a craftsman who has just been escorted from Dadu. He is in his early 30s and his name is Jin Sanhu.

The first thing Zhu Yuan thought of was that this man should have two older brothers named Da Hu and Er Hu.

Ok.

Well, I didn't talk about this nonsense, the key point is that this person was doing engraving for the Yuan court royal family before.

Engraved?

Of course Zhu Yuan knows, there is an hourglass at home, right?
However, probably eager to show off, Kim Sam-ho explained in detail that what he made was not a common hourglass, but a very precise hourglass that could tell the time.

Can tell the time?

This is too advanced, right?

Asking the other party to explain it again, Zhu Yuan didn't quite believe it, but, it seemed, it seemed... what Jin Sanhu said was not the engraving, but... the clock!
Clock? !
This age...

Zhu Yuan has never doubted the wisdom of the ancients, but... at present, the clock, isn't it... a bit early?
Seeing that Zhu Yuan didn't believe it, Jin Sanhu immediately said that the previous crystal engraving that he personally participated in making was given to Emperor Zhizheng first, and now... it should be in Jinling.

All the treasures of the Yuan court were packed and brought back by Lao Zhu.

If it was really a clock, it would be a big deal. Even though it was already evening, Zhu Yuan immediately wrote a letter, ordering Zhao Xu to rush to the imperial city to inquire about it.

Still in a hurry.

After Zhao Xu left, Zhu Yuan simply asked Jin Sanhu to roughly describe what he was talking about.

As expected of a skilled craftsman, even though Kim San-ho had never practiced painting, he still gave Zhu Yuan a very vivid "carving" appearance when he drew it with a pencil.

This is something similar to a small house model. It is made of crystal, so it is called a crystal engraving. Among them... there are not only pointers on the dial, but also various gear parts according to Jin Sanhu's description.

Obviously, it's the clock.

Because there is no concept of clocks and watches in this era, since it is used for timekeeping, it is called "engraved leak" according to the traditional name.

Not only that, according to Jin Sanhu's description, according to the rotation of the internal spring, when a certain period of time comes, there will be a small wooden figure beating a small drum at regular intervals.

Ask further.

It turns out that the prototype of this engraving had appeared as early as the Northern Song Dynasty.

About 300 years ago, Su Song, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, presided over the construction of a timing device called "Shuiyun Hunxiang Platform". further.

Water Transport Hunxiangtai?
At first glance, I have no idea what it is.

The ancients named it too mysterious.

However, after such an inquiry, Zhu Yuan became more and more sure.

Not engraved.

It's the clock.

There is a watch, Mingzhou... No, not only Mingzhou, but also many things, can go further.

There are so many chains that can be strung together again.

It was dark in a blink of an eye.

Zhu Yuan was very excited, He Xuan and Xie Yi took turns to persuade him to eat something.

When the lanterns in the courtyard were lit up one by one, Zhu Yuan wanted to send someone to ask what was going on, Zhao Xu finally returned with a 'Kelou' and explained that there were too many things in the royal inner vault, and it took a long time to find them. .

At first glance, it was finally determined.

Although it is inlaid with gold and treasures, it is bright and crystal clear, very gorgeous, like a miniature crystal palace.But, look at that dial, it's a clock.

Even, for a moment, Zhu Yuan felt that it was a good thing that Lao Zhu hadn't seen it, otherwise, with someone's temperament, his first reaction would probably be, extravagant, too extravagant!
Smash it for me!

Jin Sanhu was here, adjusted it himself, wound up the clockwork, and pushed the hour hand to a position close to the hour.

Many gears inside began to rotate, and there was a rattling sound.

watch!

Does Kelo have this sound?

Moreover, Zhu Yuan quickly confirmed another thing, this... can be wound, which means it is spring steel.

I remember that there is a sword in the terracotta warriors and horses, which has been bent for thousands of years, and when it is taken out again, it immediately returns to its original shape.It can be seen that before thousands of years, there has been spring steel.

However, this time, it was seen with my own eyes.

The craftsmanship of spring steel must also be obtained.

Recently, according to Zhu Yuan's request, the General Manager has been registering and sorting out a large number of craftsmen brought back from Dadu before Lao Zhu, and among them, there must be many corresponding talents.

As long as you have spring steel, you can do too many things.

Another series.

For example, Zhu Yuan thought about the barometer recently because of the steam engine, but based on the most basic physical principles, a spring is almost enough.

The moment doesn't need to be too precise.

Another example is vehicle shock absorption.

As such.

Thoughts were spinning rapidly, on the gorgeous 'Crystal Engraved Leak', the pointer came to the hour, and with a click, a lifelike little wooden figure in the transparent crystal palace began to beat the drum.

Boom boom boom!
This... feels really familiar.

Some old-fashioned clocks I have seen tell the time like this, but usually it is a bird.

At the moment, listening to the sound of the small drums, Zhu Yuan felt as if a new era was coming.

Ok.

Next, not only the classics and craftsmen from the Yuan Dynasty, but also all kinds of treasures brought back by Lao Zhu, we must personally check them out, and there may be other good things.

　Hongwu Records records: Si Tianjian entered the water essence palace made by Yuanzhu, and it was extremely ingenious. There was a puppet in it, who could beat the drum by itself on time. Looking at it, he said to the courtier, "abolish tens of thousands of tasks and focus on it." Here, the so-called doing harmless is also beneficial, so if you move this mind to rule the world, will it perish?Life is broken left and right.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)